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George's great-grandfather came from England and became a landowner in America. He owned more than 5, acres of land. George's father, Augustine, settled in Westmoreland County, Virginia. This is where George was born to Augustine and his second wife, Mary Ball. They had five more children after Wasuington was born. He only went to school for 7 or 8 years, and his favorite subject was arithmetic. His father died when he was 11, and he helped his mother take care of the plantation.

When he was sixteen he went to live with his half brother, Lawrence, who had inherited Mount Vernon from their father. Later on George would inherit the estate from Lawrence since Lawrence did not have any surviving children.

George Washington's Early Years

Then after Jacky's death in the war, they adopted two of his children, their grandchildren. Men came to Philadelphia to meet with the First Continental Congress. Washington thought he would be a good man to be general of the army, so he showed up in a uniform he had Washinggon himself.

The men agreed he would be the best person for the job. The people of America wanted to be free of the rule of England and fought for that freedom. Washington was a good general.

George Washington

At one time Congress could not pay the soldiers and the soldiers started to rebel. The general spoke to them about the need to keep fighting and he said he himself would accept no pay until the war was won. Washington at Valley Forge. A frequent question: "Who wrote this biography and when was it written?

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